Engine head stand



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sweetie? relea e n use ul in pro ts'irfengirfehea stands I 4 for lie-1 sfi h repa r p. n a h f r Qneo it fip ent Obje flirt w" vide, inaman-liaise; s t forth, nien m i e samiwhi hs d p ed f f use withdifferent sizes? and types} of ngifie ads-,1; f 1;;QL: Another inportaht "ect" r the'inventi oii to P b d an fig a said b'f h chara terdescribed is: adapted to be .e pe i fl' y Mat d anarew e in j'u stedposition for; supporting the engine ,had in any desired position when"working 15 ere .11. q ,t Q he i i l 'l ihi fit n ar t pm a t an. einenew s nd ."v ....h" simple iniconstriiction; strong, durable; eflidientinitsjuse whichni'ay b manufac- Y -A Q fihfb Qfifiind fH h IQIBT-f I 1'a a v t g s he; misfi i may e fie i pj'at l em ii ylp fll fe low hg? p efi i xtik nf i i' fi n tiie r with h e p y dra ng whe like" s ghatecorrespond-l ch'aracters'ofreferenced J I I,

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sFi g r f 3 w vil 21.16 .iat il of fosf fli constructed iiiaccordanfcewith this invention. F igure 2"is a View in elevation takensubstantially at right angles to Figure 1. Figure3 is a horizontalsectional View taken suhstantially on the line 3-3 of Figure 1 lookingin the direction indicated by the .arrows. y p Figure lis a sectionalview taken substantially on the line 44 of Figure 1 Referring to thedrawings in detail, it will be seenthat the reference numeral 1 desigvnates a split metallic base which is'socketed f .to receive the upperend portions of the three downwardly diverging supporting legs 2. Thebase 1 includes the integral split sleeve 4 from which the integral'apertured ears 5 project and through which the clamping; bolt ,6passes.

A post 7 of circular cross section is disposed for rotary and verticaladjustment in the 5i) sleeve 4 and extends downwardly through the 1530'.s'rial so; 476,125.

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jusited'po's'itioil' theclamping boltfi which; W111 e pp ren dapte wasthe ears 5 together In a manner to contract the 55" sleeve 4; .on thepost 7, fAfspli'tring 8' is d]. to rest on the eeverf r supporting thepost 7 4 when the sleeve {1; loosened to adjust the and h ri Si p videdw t th GP: 60 posed, integral, aprtured ears 9 tffro gh which theclamping bolt 1O passes; ring Sis adapted to'loe secured inan'y desiredpos1tio'noi1t'hepost7. or v, v 4 elamping head 11 is n ounted ontheupper end' oi" the post 7 and includ'es' the hinged cafp or jawl l2 andthe securing bolt 13,,A hor zontally disposed bar 14 is adjustahly'clamped; on the head 11;. 'Clainps 15' are mou'ntfedffor longitudinal adustrne nt on the bar 14' on opposite sides of the head 11 and, as bestseen in Figure {lofth'e vCllaW ings inelude the hinged capsl6 which aresecured um-ping position byth b oltsj 1'7; Thread b lrs 1 m row-a y e rneezor thee amps 15 through theniedluiii of tlie cirscabi rrfounted on,h we. I. adapted redddius f d rib le utilized lifting the head from uij"and rfe'pla r same. head'is r' frornii thebl'ock tlfe'bar l ljislniou'ntejd onthe: clamping hadll andsecured'intlie' desired I [50 againsr position by the cap12 in an obvious manner.

pedi-tieusly adjusted vertically through the l-mediu1nof the clampingsleeve 4; which en-' cifclesthe post 7 asbeforeexplained- VVh'en' theclamping sleet/e1 4 isjloosened," the bargl li;

may be'rotated in a horizontal plane to any 1 desired position andsaid'bar 14 and the-post' 17 are rotatably supperted by the ring 8; ring8' 'may be secured inany desiredfposition on ,the post 7 for r'otatablysupporting said;

post in any desired'position when theelamp- Ting sleeve 4 is leosened.The bar 141 maybe; 1 shiftedlongitu'dinally "relative to the head 11willbe'apparent. J: v a It will thus b seen that an engine headstand'has been providedwhichflmay beennection with difierentsiz'esandtypes of heads ingit' iconvenient'to work thereon. J

It is believed that the many advantages n. of anengine head'standconstructed in accordance withthisjinvention will be readilyunderstood,- and although the preferred embodiment of the inventionfisas illustrated andde'scribed, it is to beunderstood that invention asclaimed; I v what lslfclalmed 1s':-

"on the bar, a threaded boltrotatably mounted finea'ch cla p'andprojeetingtherefrom and simply, loosening! thejhinged {cap 12,5 as

'peditiously adjusted to adapts'aine for con- V for verticaladjustmentin the sleeve; means "andiwh-ich may also beadjusted te'supportthefhea'din anydesired position forjrenderg-rhanges the detailsofeonstruction.'1nay be had Which will fall within-the scope'of'the,

threaded engagementv with the engine head, a lock nut threaded on eachbolt for engage- 'ment with the respective clamp for releas'ablysecuring the boltsagainst rotation, and a nut fixed 0nv each bolt at anintermediate portion thereof for manually rotating said bolts.

3. 'Anfengine head stand'oi the character described-"comprising a splitsocketed base, 5 downwardly F diverging supporting 7 legs depending-fromfthexbase an integral split clamping sleeve on the base; a postmounted for vertieal adjustment in the sleeve, means for, clamping thesleeve-on the p0'st,,a ring adjustably mounted'onthepost for rest on thes'leeveforfiotatably supporting ithepos tinthe sleeve when said sleeveis loosely disposed around the $1 0,517; and ineans for suppgrmn theengineheadon thepost'. if An engine head and of the character describedcomprising 'af'spliti so'eketed base, downwardly diverging'supportingilegs de- '7 pending" from the base, anfintegral ljsplit;clamping sleeve on the base, a post mounted for clamping the sleeve'f onthe'post", af ring the. sleeve for. rotatably, supporting the post inthesleeve when saidsleeve'is loosely dis-r posed around'the post," andmeans 'for supporting the engine head on thetp tggaid means comprising a'clarnpinghead en the upper end [of the, post, an elongated; barmounted" for horizontal adjustment transv'e r s ely in th e head, a pairof elanipsmniinted for longitudinal adjustment onithe bar on T oppositesidesfof the elainpingheadf a bolt; rotatablv mountedin each of thelclamps and prdjeeting' ftherefrom; ,fi j r "threaded engage-; ment vviththe head a ,1ee1;x nut threaded on each boltlfor engagement with arerespective ClSQI I l PQfQI securing saidboltga'gainst rotation; anda'nut fixed on' an intermediateportion50f' each belt for manually;rotating I said boltl testimony whereof I affix my signature. 0 s LEQNRD B HR 'ANJ' adapted tir 'threaded engagement with an engi d; means forsecuring the bolts lmanually rotating thesame,

2--An engine head lstand ofthe character described coinpris'ing a base,downwardlydi; I verging supportinglegs, forthe base, apost 55mountedforvertical sliding adjustment in the base, means on the base for securingthe postlin adjusted position, a ring adjustably 3 .moiunted o'n thepost-for 'rotatably support ,7 ing the sameon the base, a clamping headon V bar-i onopposite sides of the clamping head,

as abolt projeeting from each clamp and rotat-;-

ation, and means on thebolts forl

